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Title: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Straw Man on January 19, 2008, 04:51:19 PM: Holy Shit !

from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NV

I guess it makes some sense for people in Nevada to like a libertarian candidate
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Hugo Chavez on January 19, 2008, 06:04:42 PM: hmmmm......
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Bindare_Dundat on January 19, 2008, 06:08:36 PM: Yeah but Romney blew Paul and McCain away, so I'm not sure what that says about Nevada.
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Hugo Chavez on January 19, 2008, 06:14:07 PM: Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on January 19, 2008, 06:08:36 PM
Yeah but Romney blew Paul and McCain away, so I'm not sure what that says about Nevada.
From what I see, it makes zero sense.
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Straw Man on January 19, 2008, 06:19:06 PM: According to AP (associated press) more than 25% of the Republican voters were Mormons with 9 out of 10 of those voting for Romney

did anyone notice just how small the pool of voters was for this primary

~ 10k for the Dems

~ 45k for the Republicans

I haven't been paying attention to this in the other primaries.

In fact I have never even voted in a primary myself although I will this year
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Hugo Chavez on January 19, 2008, 06:31:48 PM: Quote from: Straw Man on January 19, 2008, 06:19:06 PM
According to AP (associated press) more than 25% of the Republican voters were Mormons with 9 out of 10 of those voting for Romney

did anyone notice just how small the pool of voters was for this primary

~ 10k for the Dems

~ 45k for the Republicans

I haven't been paying attention to this in the other primaries.

In fact I have never even voted in a primary myself although I will this year
Really ::) how did they pull off 25% mormon voters with only a 12% mormon population?

Latter-day Saint – 12%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada#Religion

With the low voter turnout, it's possible and it means the mormons came out in force while others stayed home.... Disgusting and it should be a lesson to Nevada, I'm sure the Mormons took a lesson from this.
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Straw Man on January 19, 2008, 06:47:52 PM: Quote from: Berserker on January 19, 2008, 06:31:48 PM
Really ::) how did they pull off 25% mormon voters with only a 12% mormon population?

Latter-day Saint – 12%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada#Religion

With the low voter turnout, it's possible and it means the mormons came out in force while others stayed home.... Disgusting and it should be a lesson to Nevada, I'm sure the Mormons took a lesson from this.

Here's the AP quote and link: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5giZDjUrVk9p4HpVouqLhFbdtXTYAD8U95TLO0

"On the Republican side, Mormons comprised a quarter of those attending Nevada's GOP caucuses, and more than nine in 10 were voting for Romney. Romney is a Mormon, and his religion has been cited as a problem by some Republican voters"

This would work out to ~ 10,000 -11,000 voters being Mormon based on the total # of votes shown on the CNN tally
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Deicide on January 20, 2008, 03:27:30 AM: Fucking religion interferes with everything...in elections... :-\
Title: Re: MSNBC reporting that Ron Paul will finish 2nd on Nevada GOP caucus !!
Post by: Hugo Chavez on January 20, 2008, 06:01:07 AM: romeny is so fake. at least he make some half ass attempt to be convincing about the crap he spews.